Age has been found to be one of the main risk factors for the severity and outcome of COVID-19. However, differences in SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody responses among COVID-19 patients of different age groups remain largely unknown. In this study, we analyzed the IgG/IgM responses to 21 SARS-CoV-2 proteins and 197 peptides that fully cover the spike protein against 731 sera collected from 731 COVID-19 patients aged from 1 to 92 years. We show that there is no overall difference in SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses in COVID-19 patients in the 4 age groups. By antibody response landscape maps, we find that the IgG response profiles of SARS-CoV-2 proteins are positively correlated with age. The S protein linear epitope map shows that the immunogenicity of the S-protein peptides is related to peptide sequence, disease severity and age of the COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, the enrichment analysis indicates that low S1 IgG responses are enriched in patients aged <50 and high S1 IgG responses are enriched in mild COVID-19 patients aged >60. In addition, high responses of non-structural/accessory proteins are enriched in severe COVID-19 patients aged >70. These results suggest the distinct immune response of IgG/IgM to each SARS-CoV-2 protein in patients of different age, which may facilitate a deeper understanding of the immune responses in COVID-19 patients.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [32000027]
第一作者单位:[1]Fujian Med Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Gastrointestinal Canc, Fuzhou 350122, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Fujian Med Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Gastrointestinal Canc, Fuzhou 350122, Peoples R China[2]Fujian Med Univ, Sch Basic Med Sci, Lab Sci Res, Fuzhou 350122, Peoples R China[3]Fujian Med Univ, Dept Med Microbiol, Fujian Key Lab Tumor Microbiol, Fuzhou 350122, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Lu Linfang,Yu Siqi,Liu Min,et al.SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody response characteristics in COVID-19 patients of different ages[J].ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA.2022,54(4):556-564.doi:10.3724/abbs.2022014.
APA:
Lu, Linfang,Yu, Siqi,Liu, Min,Li, Yang,Lei, Qing...&Xu, Zhaowei.(2022).SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody response characteristics in COVID-19 patients of different ages.ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA,54,(4)
MLA:
Lu, Linfang,et al."SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody response characteristics in COVID-19 patients of different ages".ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA 54..4(2022):556-564